SciShow Tangents

Radiation

Episode Summary

Popular culture makes radiation seem pretty scary, and frequently it is. But we encounter way more radiation in our day-to-day life than you might think! From nuclear reactors to the light from your average lightbulb, we explore the whole spectrum of radiation on this week's Tangents!

Episode Notes

Popular culture makes radiation seem pretty scary, and frequently it is. But we encounter way more radiation in our day-to-day life than you might think, from radio waves to visible light. Come explore the whole spectrum of radiation on this week's Tangents!

And we talk a LOT about The Vampire Diaries, too!

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[Trivia Question]

Cladosporium sphaerospermum fungus blockade

https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Cladosporium_sphaerospermum

https://www.universetoday.com/153283/fungi-were-able-to-absorb-radiation-on-the-iss-could-astronauts-grow-their-own-radiation-shields-in-space/

https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/news070521-5.html

[Fact Off]

Atomic energy Boy Scout badge & superfund site

https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scout/